function itemoptions($item_type, $item_id, $user_author) {

	global $locale, $aidlink; $res = "";

	$author2 = dbquery("SELECT news_name FROM ".DB_NEWS." WHERE news_id='".$item_id."'");

	$author = dbarray($author2);

	if ($item_type == "N" && $author['news_name'] == $user_author) {

		if (iADMIN && checkrights($item_type)) { $res .= "<!--article_news_opts--> &middot; <a href='".ADMIN."news.php".$aidlink."&amp;action=edit&amp;news_id=".$item_id."'><img src='".get_image("edit")."' alt='".$locale['global_076']."' title='".$locale['global_076']."' style='vertical-align:middle;border:0;' /></a>\n"; }

	} elseif ($item_type == "A") {

	if (iADMIN && checkrights($item_type)) { $res .= "<!--article_admin_opts--> &middot; <a href='".ADMIN."articles.php".$aidlink."&amp;action=edit&amp;article_id=".$item_id."'><img src='".get_image("edit")."' alt='".$locale['global_076']."' title='".$locale['global_076']."' style='vertical-align:middle;border:0;' /></a>\n"; }

	}

	return $res;

}